- Karin Resetarits
Karin Resetarits (born
December 15 ,1961 inVienna ) is anAustria njournalist andpolitician . She has been aMember of the European Parliament since2004 .From
1978 to1979 she participated in AFS youth exchange and attended Huntington High School in Huntington onLong Island ,Suffolk County, New York for one year. In1980 she finished gymnasium inAustria with honors. She started her journalistic career at the National Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) as editor in the culture department, and became host of the news show "Zeit im Bild" and the culture show "Treffpunkt Kultur". From2003 to2004 she worked as host of a daily radiotalk show for the private Austrian radio station "Krone Hitradio".Karin Resetarits was married to
Peter Resetarits , prominentORF host and brother of singerWilli Resetarits and actorLukas Resetarits . She has four children.Her
2002 book entitled "Ja, ich koche gerne!" ("Yes, I like to cook!") contains a number ofrecipe s, but with 20 short stories about her life and family turns out to be a rather autobiographical work.In
2004 she became aMember of the European Parliament withHans-Peter Martin's List . In December2004 , she declared her opposition to the implementation ofsoftware patent s.Following strong disagreements with Martin, she joined the Liberal Group in the European Parliament on
June 7 2005 . She subsequently also joined theLiberal Forum .External links
* [http://www.karinresetarits.at/ Official website] (in German)
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